The former Rutgers University student convicted of spying on and intimidating his gay roommate was released from jail Tuesday after serving his sentence , a jail official said .

Dharun Ravi , 20 , was found guilty in May of invasion of privacy , witness tampering , hindering apprehension and bias intimidation .

He left the Middlesex County Jail in North Brunswick , New Jersey , on Tuesday morning , according to Edmond Cicchi , warden of the Middlesex County Office of Adult Corrections .

Ravi was released early after jail officials applied five days of good behavior and five days of work credit to his term , Cicchi said .

Ravi 's former roommate , 18-year-old Tyler Clementi , killed himself by jumping off a New York bridge after learning Ravi had secretly recorded Clementi and his partner with a webcam .

While Ravi could have been sentenced to 10 years in prison , New Jersey Superior Judge Glenn Berman instead gave him a 30-day jail sentence , three years of probation and ordered him to complete 300 hours of community service aimed at assisting victims of bias crimes .

The judge said he took Ravi 's youth and his lack of a criminal record into consideration when handing down his sentence .

Ravi began serving his term on May 31 , two days after apologizing in a written statement for spying on Clementi .

His lawyer filed a notice of appeal of his conviction earlier this month .

On Monday , U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement said it would not deport Ravi to his native India .

The agency is legally prohibited from deporting legal permanent residents unless they have been convicted of crimes such as an aggravated felony , domestic violence or drug or weapons offenses , a spokesman said .

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He was released early after time off for good behavior and work credit , jail official says

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Dharun Ravi is released after serving a jail sentence

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He was convicted in May on charges related to recording his gay roommate

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The roommate , Tyler Clementi , killed himself after learning of the recording